Heading out this morning to buy another six-monthly COVID booster vaccination (as the NHS won’t cover it). Everyone may prefer to forget but this endemic threat to life and limb has not gone away.
UPDATE. Apparently the new formulation isn’t available until April but the pharmacist still allowed me to make the informed decision to go with another dose of the LP.8.1 that I had in October. I reasoned it’s better to reboost protection against the established strains than to go another month.
Israel is a settler-fascist terror state:
"Israeli police have killed 2 young Palestinian brothers & their parents in the occupied #WestBank, shooting all 4 in the head & face as the family returned from a Ramadan shopping trip."
Is there anyone still in "unconditional solidarity" with this?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/15/israeli-police-kill-two-young-palestinian-boys-and-their-parents-in-west-bank
When asked to provide mental health support, AI models like ChatGPT often ignore ethical guidelines, according to a Brown University study. Researchers found 15 issues, including poor crisis response, biased advice, and fake empathy that gives the illusion of care. It’s like getting a pep talk from a toaster—warmth is simulated, not real. 🤖
Aufruf zur Sabotage in Estland: Prorussische Kanäle propagieren fiktive "Volksrepublik Narwa" - ntv.de
In sozialen Netzwerken kursieren prorussische Aufrufe zur Abspaltung einer Region im Osten Estlands. Propagandakanäle verbreiten Karten, Flaggen und Parolen für eine angebliche "Volksrepublik Narwa". Estnische Sicherheitsbehörden vermuten dahinter eine gezielte Informationskampagne.
In sozialen Netzwerken kursieren prorussische Aufrufe zur Abspaltung einer Region im Osten Estlands. Propagandakanäle verbreiten Karten, Flaggen und Parolen für eine angebliche "Volksrepublik Narwa". Estnische Sicherheitsbehörden vermuten dahinter eine gezielte Informationskampagne.
In Kenya, we spoke to the data labelers powering U.S. AI companies. They include someone who had to watch porn all day, annotate it, then had to flirt and sext with people over an AI chatbot. The users thought they were sexting an AI. It was actually a person.
https://www.404media.co/ai-is-african-intelligence-the-workers-who-train-ai-are-fighting-back/
At the massive opposition march in Budapest today.
[A Ruzzian decorated egg with the faces of Orban &Putin alternately]
Pauline von Hellermann
Christine Burns MBE 🏳️⚧️📚⧖
Tadzio Mueller
Jarek Hryszko
❍sz™ 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪
Joseph Cox
taz
Inc Hulk 🧪